Paper hanger&#39;s table or board



Jan. 10, 1933.

PAPER HANGERS Filed sep TABLE OR BOAR 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTO ATYGRNQE Jan. 10, 1933. H. J. SCHUBERT 1,893,788

PAPER HANGERS TABLE OR BOARD Filed Sept. 24, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORAIXEY w v a i Jan. 1%, 1933. H. J, SCHUBERT PAPER HANGERS TABLE 0R BOAR'D Filed Sept. 24. 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 19, 1933 FATEN'E FFECE HERMANN J. SCHUBERT, F HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY PAPER HANGER$ TABLE 03 BOARD Application filed September 24, 1980.

My present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in boards for paper hangers use, the same being trade names or descriptions of tables or surfaces on which the paper hanger spreads and cuts his paper and applies paste thereto preparatory to hanging the paper adhesively upon the wall; my improved board or table being built to fold over so as to conveniently contract in size at times and occupy a small compass to promote portability and use of handling, the object being to enable the board to be adapted for use in a great variety of situfiblOl'lS.

The invention. therefore may be said to consist essentially in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved paper hangers board when folded and entirely closed up.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same when unfolded for use, with the movable guide strip arranged on the top surface of the same.

Figure 3 is a. bottom plan view of the board when partially unfolded, and shows the guide strip in the position it occupies at one time in being passed from the under side to the top side of the board.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the unfolded board on the line 4,4, of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is an end View of the board when unfolded board on the line 4, 4, of Figure 5.

Figure 6 is an enlarged end view of the board when folded or when in the position of Figure 1, with the guide device folded inside of the board.

Figure 7 is a cross-section view of the folded board.

Figure 8 is a partial side view of the guide shifting mechanism shown in F igure 6, but on an enlarged scale and with the guide strip on top of the board.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of the same. Figure 10 is a sectional view of the means for laterally enlar ing the board, on the line 10, 10, of Figure 3 but on an enlarged scale.

Serial No. 484,125.

Figure 11 is an enlarged edge view of the board when folded as shown in Figure 1.

Like characters of reference denote like parts in all the different figures of the draw ings.

Instead of being a single flat surface as the paper hangers board is commonly made, my improved board consists of two longitudinal interhinged sections of suitable length and width, A and B, on which a length of wall paper or other suitable material that is being handled by the artisan, as X, is laid to be pasted, cut, or otherwise prepared. On the underside of section A at each end, and r at the middle, is fastened a suitable cross 0 block A and on the underside of leaf B at each end and at the middle is fastened a similar block B The blocks A are hinged to the blocks B by means of hinges 26 and in this way the leaves A and B are hinged together, so that they may be folded on each other when not in use, as shown in Figure 1, or may be unfolded to form the horizontal working board as shown in Figure 2.

Arranged near the outer longitudinal edge of the board section A is an adjustable guide strip 2 which is a narrow board and is supported so as to lie at times on the paper X when it is on the board, and to be parallel to the adjacent edge of the section A and to be adjustable nearer to or farther away from said edge so as to make it possible to cut accurately a wider or narrower strip ofi the paper or to otherwise mark or strip the paper. The proximate edge a of section A is a fixed and raised thin metallic strip against which the edge of the paper may be securely placed. Also, the guide piece 2 when in use lies upon paper X, as in Figure 2, but when out of use it is lifted off the paper and carried laterally over edge a and down under section A where it is positioned against the part A and slightly back from its edge a. When being thus passed from the upper to the lower side of member A it obviously passes through the position shown in Figure 3.

The means for carrying the guide strip 2, and for changing its position from below to above the board will next be described. Each end of strip 2 preferably has a metal plate 3 fastened thereon which carries a projecting pivot pin 39 to which is pivoted one end of a short curved link 4, whose other end is pivoted on pin 4E0 rigidly carried by a slide 5 that works back and forth in a guide comprising a plate 7 whose upper and lower parallel edges are bent over to form curved flanges which loosely engage the slide 5 and allow it to reciprocate between them. This guide plate 7 is screwed or otherwise attached to the board member A. See Figures 8 and 9. The lower edge 6 of the slides 5 is toothed or serrated for the engagement of a cog wheel 10, that engages the edge 6 through an opening in the lower member 8, the two cog wheels 10, one at each end, being secured on a rotatable rod 12 which is supported on the under side of the board A in bearings 13 formed in the lower parts 9 of the stationary guides 7.

Thus the guide bar 2 may lie at times upon the top of the board, or on paper or surface X, as in Figure 2. Then it may be lifted from the board and swung on the links 4 over the straight edge a into the reversed position where it is shown in Figure 3, being turned over or not as desired, and it may be moved down farther and caused to come back under the board A as shown in Figures 6 and 7. One of the cog wheels 10 is preferably provided with a handle or short lever 11, by means of which the two cogs 10 and their shaft 12 may be rotated, which will cause the slides 5 to be moved endwise in or out, and in this way the guide piece 2 when it lies 011 top of paper X can be adjusted to a greater or less distance from the edge a, so that more or less of the paper may be marked or cut. Also by moving the pivoted point 40 out or in the piece 2 can easily be lifted over the edge a and placed above or below the board, as well as back from the edge a, and can thus be folded inside the board when the sections A and B are folded together in a box like form to enclose the legs and other parts of the board. When the guide 2 is above the board its range of adjustment is considerable and it is a valuable auxiliary to the effective use of the board in fitting and preparing the paper.

The guide 2 is used as a straight edge for cutting, etc, and has a relation to the straight edge a.

The adjacent inner edges of the hinged sections A and B are provided with cleats that contact with each other when the board is fiat and open. and which fill the space between these edges when the board is closed into a box as in Figure 11, one edge of section A having the cleats 28, 30. an d 34 in succession, the gaps between them containing the blocks l and hinges and certain other parts, of the folding legs. and the adjoining edge of section B having cleats 27, 29, 31, and 33 in succession, the gaps between them containing blocks B and certain other parts of the folding legs, all as shown in Figures 3 and 11.

Oftentimes it is desirable that the board should have a wider surface than is furnished by the two extended horizontal sections A and B as they lie side by side in the service position indicated in Figure 2, in order to accommodate wider or different sheets. In order to provide for these cases I equip the outer edge of section B with a bar 1 having a series of horizontal rods letthat enter tubular passages 16 in the blocks B see Figures 10 and 3, the inner ends of the rods 1t having heads 15 thereon that contact with stop 46 when the rods are drawn out to their outermost position. as shown in dotted lines in Figure 10. When so arranged with the bar 1 at a distance from the edge of board section B, a supplemental section B may be laid on the rods 14 between bar 1 and edge of section B and the board or table made considerably *ider so as to enlarge its capacity. hen the parts are restored to their normal position with bar 1 against the edge of section B, as in full lines in Figure 10, it will be seen that the bar 1 is wide enough vertically to be about equal to the combined width of section B and attached block B to properly overlap in closing up the board, see Figure 5. Further the edge of section A opposite to edge of section B having bar 1 has a corresponding fixed flange or bar it to overlap at that edge and help to efi'eet a complete closure when the board is folded up into hm; shape to contain tools, brushes, etc, and to protect the folded parts.

The board is provided, at each end with folding leg frames that are hinged thereto, and are themselves foldablc at the middle so that they can fold on the centre line of the sections A and B at the. same time that said sections fold together on their hinges 26 at the adjoining ends of the blocks A and B Thus at each end of the section A on its under side is a leg 17 hinged by a hinge 35 to the section A adjacent to the blocks A and having rigid cross-pieces 20, 20 that are hinged at their inner ends, at the centre line of the board near cleats 27 and 28 to the corresponding cross-pieces 21 that are attached to the legs 18, one of which hinged by a hinge 36 at each end of section B close. to block B The hinges 19 are used to hinge the cross pieces 20 to the cross pieces 21, and these hinges occupy locations between cleats 2T, 28 and 30. 29. between cleats 30, 29, and cleats 32, 31; and between cleats 32. 31 and cleats 34, 33, as shown. In connection with these folding leg structures I employ braces to lock them in their upright position when in use, each leg 17 having braces 22 and 23, that are pivoted together at 43, while the other end of brace 22 is pivoted to a block 41 attached to board A and the other end of brace 23 is pivoted to leg 17 at a point opposite to the block ll; and similarly the legs 18 are provided with braces 2% and 25 that are pivoted together at one end at 44, and their other ends are pivoted, the brace 24 to block 42 and the brace 25 to leg 18 opposite to the block 42. Further in order to hold the leg frames in their extended position the end blocks A and B are provided with pins 38 that take into openings in the opposite cross-pieces 20 and 21 so as to steady the leg frames and assist in preventing them from collapsing.

The folding legs are a great convenience in connection with the folding leaves, and the features of having legs hinged to both sections, and the legs belonging to each leg structure hinged to each other so that they will fold as the leaf sections fold together, are novel and important. The further feature of having the whole device capable of being folded together to form a box that will contain the legs and also knives and brushes and all the paraphernalia of paper hanging and cutlery, is novel and very useful for it provides a combined tool box and board that can easily be carried about and set up for use at any desired point with little difliculty.

It will be obvious that many changes in the precise construction and combination of parts may be made within the limits of the claims, and I reserve the right to make all such permissible changes.

What I claim, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a working board surface, of an adjustable guide member parallel to one edge of said surface, and means for supporting it near said edge so that it can be raised or lowered, consisting essentially of links pivoted to the ends of the guide, slides reciprocable on the ends of the board, to which slides the other ends of the links are pivoted, and means for jointly moving the slides to permit the manual adjustment of the guide member.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a working board surface, of an adjustable guide member parallel to one edge of said surface, and means for supporting it near said edge so that it can be raised or lowered, consisting essentially of links pivoted to the ends of the guide, slides reciprocable on the ends of the board, to which slides the other ends of the links are pivoted, and means for jointly moving the slides to permit the manual adjustment of the guide member, consisting of a longitudinal rod journaled on the board, and cog wheels on said rod near its ends that engage rack teeth on the edge of the aforesaid slides.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a working board surface of an adjustable guide member parallel to one edge of said surface, and means for supporting it near said edge, consisting essentially of links pivoted to the end of the guide and slides arranged to reciprocate on the board, to which slides the other ends of the links are pivoted.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a working board surface, of an adjustable guide member parallel to one edge of said surface, and means for supporting it near said edge, so that it can be raised or lowered, said means consisting essentially of curved links pivoted to the board and slides to which the links are also pivoted and means for jointly moving the slides, consisting of a longitudinal rod, cog wheels on said rod that engage rack teeth on the slides, and a handle for rotating the rod.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a working board surface, of an adjustable guide member parallel to one edge of said surface, and linking means for supporting it near said surface so that it can be raised or lowered into positions above and below said surface, slides reciprocable on the ends of the board, to which slides the linking means are pivoted, a longitudinal rod j ournaled in the board, and gearing operated manually for rotating said rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature.

HERMANN J. SOHUBERT. 

